Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-02-24
BRIGHAM YOUNG'S TRICK.

BRIGHAM YOUNG'S TRICK.
How a Rumor of His Resurrection Got Abroad
in Utah-An Advance Agent for q Patent
Coffin Finds 1t Profitable to Use the Biga-
mist's Name.
New York Star.
The many widows of Brigham Young
are in a furry of excitement oyer the ru-
NOR that he is expected home from his
tomb. Mr.. Brigham Young, according to
his friends, has now been in heaven some
six or seven years; and according to his
enemies has been keeping up the furna-
ces in the large rolling mill of Beelzebub
during the same period. His friends say
that he will come back from Paradise
carrying carpet bag, filed perhaps with
specimens of gold from the pavements,
of jasper from the sidewalks, and of
ivory from the gctes; while his snemies
declare he will come back looking like
cinder, and will parhaps carry pitchfork
on his shoulder to hang up in the Nor
mon temple.
Since the revelations of few DAYS
ago the belief has become general among
the gentiles that Brigham Young was
never buried but, on the contrary attend
ed his own funeral, following his own
hearse, shed tears over his own coffin.
and has since paused at his tomb to read
his own epitaph. One man claims that
he once caught him planting flowers on
his own grave. The Mormon prophet, it
is said, has been living since his funeral
IN cheap boarding houses in out of the
way places, calmly waiting for his own
resurrection.
The Mormons think that he is really
dead and buried, and they expect him to
step out of his grave any fine morning
and step back to the mormon temple and
preach mp a collection. His wives are in
great perplexity, as some of them are
already engaged to well known Mormons.
and the resurrection of Brigham Young
will be followed by score of divorce
suits with half the Mormon church as Co
respondents. A gentleman arrived here
to-day who declares that he saw Brigham
Young in London last Christmas occupy
ing stall at the pautomine in Drury
Lane Iheater. He says that he believes
Brigham Young is now living in seclus-
ion IN New York:
A gentleman who met Mr.. Brigham
Young recently says Mr.. Young looked
quite old, bnt he seemed to be in excellent
spirits.
"Have you heard the rumor that
Brigham Young is alive?" asked the gen
tleman.
~ have heard it," replied the old man
without any hesitation. and [ want to say
that it is true. [ am alive.
"You have never been buried then?"
''You are mistaken I have been bur
led"
Buried in snow, perhaps?"
six feet of ground over me, buried in
coffiu."
''How happens it, then, that you are
alive?"
i was resurrected,"
"Resurrected?"
eyes, sir; resurrected. L came Of out
the grave in sixteen hours"
"When will you go to Salt Lake City,"
Il got letter to-day. [ shall go in
about two weeks
"WheD will you be resurrected?"
Il have been obliged to postpone my
resurrection at Salt Labe City on account
e Tho stOrV in the New York Wnrl1 One
of the Mormon elders has written to me
protesting against it, but am determin
ed to be resurrected there.n
This is very strange"
mot a bit of it. You see am the ad-
vance agent for Wilson d Thompson's
safety coffin. 1t sells like hot cakes, and
is the best thing going; it prevents man
from being buried alive. Half tne peo-
pie IN the world are buried alive, you
know. I've got the entire territory of
Utah. / get in the coffin and am buried
1 get half the town to come out there to
see the resurrection" In fifteen or six
teen hours L come out of the grave smil-
ing, and sell fourteen or fifteen collins or,
the spot. Never failed to come up vet.
It's great thing. You see, the Mormons
object to my advertising resurrections
in Utah because my name is Brigham
Young. I've been in the business fourteen
years, and nobody else ever objected to
the name.
ss'Tbic 10 NV o.r5.